Earn money and gift cards for the holidays: Swagbucks

One of the ways I like to save money is to earn little bits of money in my spare time to offset some of the costs, especially around the holidays.  I thought I would highlight some of my favorites here.

Swagbucks is my favorite. Sign up and then complete a variety of simple tasks - answering polls, searching the web, watching videos, clicking through slide shows and earn points that can be cashed in for gift cards or paypal cash.

My favorite way to earn through Swagbucks is to install the video apps on old phones we have around the house that run on wireless. There are several of these apps now, and you can just set the videos to play and forget about it while you go about your life.

Sometimes I also do some offers for larger quantities of swagbucks, things like signing up for mailing lists or free trials of paid subscription sites. Just be careful that if you do that, you cancel anything you don't want before you end up paying for it.

I usually earn between $25 and $50 a month through this one site, in my spare time while I wash dishes or watch TV with my kids.